It was the year 2032, and Japan was crying.  Her air, water, and even 
her sovernty were being polluted.  With the advent of the 
Mega-Corporations, everything was for sale.

And there were buyers aplenty.

And all this caused was pain and suffering on her body.  Even her 
attempt to let her tormentors know was simply passed off as a 'Natural 
Occurance'.  The worst part of that wasn't so much the tearing of her 
skin, but more that she lost so many followers of the old ways, she 
ended up hurting herself even more.

Now, as she stood watching over her country, one Megalopolis after 
another, she realized that she would have to break one of her most 
solemn oaths.

Every country has it's heros.  Souls that exemplify what a country 
should be.  Scotland has William Wallace, Brittania has Arthur 
Pendragon, and China has Sun Tzu.

Now, Japan needed to reach back into her own history, and take some of 
her own heros.

As the woman reached the mountain summit, she threw her arms out and her 
head back, letting her long black hair cascade over her now material 
form.

"According to the Pact of Souls, I call thee.  You served me once 
before, in times long past.  Now, your mother, your country, and your 
goddess, I need you once more."

Japan brought her hands together in a set of complex gestures, and twin 
smoke rings began to form on the ground in front of her.  As the 
gestures increased in speed, two kneeling forms began to take shape.  
Next to them, two symbols of a better age, a better time for Japan, 
coalesed.

"Arise, Warriors of the Spirit.  Arise, take up your arms, and help me."

Two shadowy figures stood and bowed deeply to the Spirit, then took up 
their weapons and began walking down towards what was now known as 
MegaTokyo.  As they walked, the taller one remarked to the shorter one, 
"No rest for the wicked, eh Battosai?"

Himura Kenshin, the Hitokiri Battosai, gave no response.

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Okay, this springs from a dare that someone gave me.  I, being a fool, 
said that fanfiction and dojinshi were wonderful, as they allowed a 
writer to plausibly have anything happen in anime.  To wit he responded, 
"Bullshit.  You are never going to see Kenshin running around MegaTokyo 
fighting Boomers.  Not gonna happen."  So, this is my rebuttal.

For many reasons, I am not going to continue this.  First of all, I have 
other stuff to finish.  Second, I'm not really familiar enough with 
Kenshin to write this....  I've seen the first nine tapes, the movie, 
and everything that Madame Hydra wrote about the series (WANT MORE!!!!  
PLEASE!!!!!!), but I don't have a firm grasp on the characters.

Third....  Third, I'd be really interested in what other people would do 
with this...  It could be a REALLY fun ride.....

So there.....  I plausibly crossed BGC and RK.....  Heh heh heh....
-- 
JD Farber
email: sabreb@erols.com
ICQ: 3378089
AIM: HitokiriJD
Officially Classed: Discoverer

If any Technology, sufficently advanced,
Is indistinguishable from Magick, then
Is the Converse also true?

No, you fool...
Magick was Sufficently Advanced,
Then Bill Gates used it years ago, and Swamped it with
Bad Things, making it useless...

--Exchange between myself, and a friend.